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I Pledge Allegiance to the Pole
(Photo: Micah Taylor) There is a telephone pole outside my house - seven steps down the front porch, one step across the sidewalk, and there it is …
Strauss-Kahn’s Accuser Doubly Vicitimized, Advocates Say
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former leader of the International Monetary Fund, center, exits the State Supreme Court in New York on July 1, 2011. Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest …
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Overwhelming Majority of Americans Want to Tax The Rich (2)
Progressive Radio Talk Show Host Thom Hartmann talks to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on issues of the week on Capitol Hill including a letter/petition from Senator Sanders to President …
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We Must Stop the Building of a Plutonium Bomb Factory in Fire Country
(Photo: lert / Flickr) The Las Conchas Fire in New Mexico is still burning. It is rapidly growing by the day. On June 29, I did a …
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Boehner
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New Jersey Lawmakers Vote to Ban Fracking
A Chesapeake Energy worker cleans oil from a pipe pulled from the ground at the company's drilling site near Big Wells, Texas, May 17, 2011. The New Jersey Legislature …
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Gay Marriage
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New Exposé Reveals Nuclear Regulatory Commission Colluded with Industry to Weaken Safety Standards
Three U.S. senators have called for a congressional probe on safety issues at the nation’s aging nuclear plants.
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Think Indifferent
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Latinos Prove to Be Influential in US Politics
Halfway through his third year in office, President Barack Obama has begun his re-election campaign. On June 14th, President Obama made a brief, yet symbolically important, visit to …